Data Scientists in Michigan
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$75,571
after federal, FICA and Michigan tax
Tax takes
$25,019
24.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$80,237
Michigan costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Michigan — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$100,590
Kept after tax
$75,571
Worth in national money
$80,237
State rank
29
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Michigan pays data scientists around $100,590 at the midpoint, 29 of 49 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Michigan. It ranks 64 out of 493 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Here is where Michigan does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $100,590 you keep $75,571, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $80,237 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $105,890, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For data scientists the Michigan median is $100,590, ranking 29 of 49 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Within Michigan, data scientists ranks 64 of 493 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- After federal, FICA and Michigan income tax, retained pay for data scientists on $100,590 is $75,571. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $80,237 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $105,890 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Data Scientists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $60,830 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $100,590 |
| Top tenth earn over | $162,670 |
| This salary | $100,590 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Michigan | $75,571 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $79,595 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,672 |
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $94,870 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,309 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 94 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of data scientists in Michigan earn under $100,590 and half over. The published range runs $60,830 at the tenth percentile to $162,670 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $75,571 take-home in Michigan comes from $100,590. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 64 of 493.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $80,237 uses one figure for the whole of Michigan. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 493 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 64.
- Figures are distribution medians for data scientists in Michigan, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $60,830 to $162,670; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Retained pay of $75,571, from $100,590, assumes a single Michigan filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 64 of 493 locally, and the state ranks 29 of 49 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $80,237, worked from $100,590, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Michigan address, on work sitting at 64 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $105,890, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $60,830, the highest tenth $162,670, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Michigan is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $80,237 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Michigan then takes its own share, leaving $75,571.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 49 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Michigan is $105,890. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($60,830) and the ninetieth ($162,670) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Michigan's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $80,237 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $75,571 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Michigan income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.